They say that youth is wasted on the young but thanks to the magic of Hollywood, twentysomethings can be eternal teenagers! Normally I can mostly ignore how silly this ends up being, but sometimes there is a jarring quality to it. Don’t get me wrong, I like this movie, and in the realm of romcoms it actually plays out as pretty sweet and sincere. However, I don’t think most of the dialogue would have felt out of place coming from someone a decade or more older than the characters were supposed to be. I hope that wasn’t by design, because it kind of ruins the fantasy.
Brooks and Celia are a nice couple. Celia has a weird old woman in a young woman’s body way of speaking and emoting, but she wasn’t so acidic as to be unlikable and that’s a hard line to walk. Brooks had a sort of puppy dog charm that allowed Celia to bounce off of him and compliment him both. I liked their dynamic. The counter love interests for both of them were a blip on the radar and never provided a significant barrier to their bond. It all seemed to be coming up roses. But, if anything, the whole situation surrounding them was too perfect.
Celia’s parents were caring and understanding, exasperated but clearly indulgent and fairly supportive. Brooks’ parent was similarly wise and loving even if he was presented as if he was some sort of ‘loser’ when really he was just an academic who probably was experiencing depression after a divorce. Brooks’ gay best friend and the counter love interests were all so forgettable that you would have to concentrate hard on how they provided any conflict. I wouldn’t say stay away from this film, but I also can’t say its got staying power despite trying so hard to be woke. There just isn’t any conflict in it that provides lasting tension, and weirdly, the absence of conflict is what sticks out.
Camila Mendes has been on the grind. It’s been hard for the actor to find a moment of calm — a moment to breathe, a moment when she’s not filming a new movie, wrapping up a season of Riverdale, or hopping between cities, meetings, and wardrobe fittings. “It’s great, because it’s all for good opportunities and things I want to do,” Camila tells Teen Vogue.
But there is always a catch. “I seriously have problems when it comes to taking time to chill,” she says. “I’m trying to learn how to be like, Do I need to say yes to this? Do I need to do that? Is it really worth it? Could I have a day for myself?”
So far the hard choices have been worth it. Camila, who is 24, is filming not one but two movies before Riverdale starts filming season four in July. She’s also going to attend the exclusive, legendary Met Gala for the first time, and grappling with the pressures and public glory that can bring with it. It’s a transformative time for the young star. During her first few years in Hollywood, she’s had to learn how to handle other people’s assumptions about her while maintaining a sense of who she actually is and what she wants out of life, and for her burgeoning career.
But that breather she’s been craving has been hard to come by. So when it’s time for Camila to sit down with Teen Vogue for the May cover story, the busy Riverdale star suggests meeting at Color Me Mine, the paint-your-own-pottery studio with shops across the United States. She has one day off during a week of shooting a supporting role in the Andy Samberg comedy Palm Springs, and she wants to do something soothing. “Everyone’s so anxious all the time, it’s just a part of our lives,” she says. “This whole week I haven’t been able to stop and do something like this, you know? Something that’s not necessarily productive.”
The irony, of course, is that this interview is still work; another day that she does not have time to disconnect, to not be “on,” to just be a 20-something zoning out in her apartment or Marie Kondo-ing her closet. Camila’s statement on her Twitter banner seems to fit the mood: “I want to cry but I have things to do.” Pottery painting will have to suffice, for now. So Camila sits, brushing green paint over the edges of the ceramic jewelry box she’s chosen as her project for the day. “This feels therapeutic,” she says.
General Orders. Head Quarters, Cambridge, 25th April, 1812.
The President of the United States, pursuant to an act of Congress of the 10th instant, having required of the Commander in Chief to take effectual measures for having ten thousand of the militia of Massachusetts (being her quota) detached and duly organized in companies, battalions, regiments, brigades and divisions, within the shortest period that circumstances will permit, and as nearly as possible in the following proportions, viz. one twentieth part of artillery, one twentieth part of cavalry, and the residue of infantry, and for having each corps properly armed and equipped for actual service; and it being also required, that when the detachment and organization shall have been effected, the respective corps shall be exercised by the officers set over them, but will not remain embodied, or be considered as in actual service, until by subsequent orders they shall be directed to take the field.
The Commander in Chief therefore calls upon the Major Generals of the several divisions of the Militia of this Commonwealth to use the most speedy and effectual means according to law to carry into effect this Order, and to complete the detachments within their divisions in the most expeditious manner possible. The men will be drafted before the 1st day of June next. Lists will be made out by each Captain, of the names of men by him drafted, and on the same day, specifying also the places of their residence respectively; these lists will be collected by the Adjutants of the several regiments and battalions and transmitted in an orderly manner to the Brigadier Generals who will form the men into companies in the vicinity of each other as much as possible, and complete their organization; as soon as this shall be done duplicate muster rolls will be immediately made out of each company, one of which will be retained for the Captain of the detached company, and the other will be forthwith sent to the Adjutant General. Rosters of the officers detailed for the several regiments, battalions, and corps of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, which may be formed of the detachments, will be made out and forwarded to the Adjutant General without delay. The commanding officers of the detached regiments and battalions, will also be furnished with rosters of the officers under their commands. To carry this order into effect, suitable blank forms will be furnished. The Major Generals of the local divisions will superintend the operations, and will cause to be organized the detachments from the artillery and assign the field pieces to the detached companies or parts of companies, in proportion to their numbers. One field piece only will be assigned from any one local company, and it will be observed as a rule to assign the pieces of those companies, from which the senior artillery officers are detached. The detachments of cavalry and artillery which do not form entire companies, will not be organized into companies, until they shall be called upon to march, but they will have an organization as a minor corps, and do duty in that manner, until they shall be so called on.
The officers, non-commissioned officers and privates, detached by virtue of this order, and of the Law of the United States, will be assembled and exercised by themselves under the detached officers set over them, and they will not be called upon for any militia duty in their local companies until discharged from the detachment by the orders of the Commander in Chief. They will not, however, continue embodied until they are ordered to march, but will hold themselves constantly in readiness to assemble and march at a moment’s warning. Particular attention will
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There will be detached from the Thirteenth Division, 315 men, officers included, to form one battalion of infantry, and part of a company of cavalry.
Infantry, from the First Brigade, 188
do. Second Brigade, 102
— 290
Cavalry, 25
— 315
There will be detached from the Fourteenth Division, 591 men, officers included, to form one regiment of two battalions of infantry, part of a company of cavalry, and part of a company of artillery.
Infantry, from the First Brigade, 301
do. Second Brigade, 250
— 551
Cavalry, 15
Artillery, 25
— 591
There will be detached from the Fifteenth Division, 445 men, officers included, to form one battalion of infantry, part of a company of cavalry, and part of a company of Artillery.
Infantry, from the First Brigade, 186
do. Second Brigade, 196
— 382
Cavalry, 30
Artillery, 33
— 445
There will be detached from the Sixteenth Division, 614 men, officers included, to form one regiment of two battalions of infantry, one company of cavalry, and part of a company of artillery.
Infantry, from the First Brigade, 264
do. Second Brigade, 300
— 564
Cavalry, 35
Artillery, 15
— 614
There will be detached from the Seventeenth Division, 491 men, officers included, to form one regiment of two battalions of infantry, part of a company of cavalry, and part of a company of artillery.
Infantry, from the First Brigade, 278
do. Second Brigade, 172
— 450
Cavalry, 21
Artillery, 20
— 491
The whole Detachment will be formed into three divisions and six brigades, as follows, viz:
SOUTHERN DIVISION, under Major General Nathan Willis, to consist of 3326 men, officers included, to form two brigades, viz:
First Brigade, under Brigadier General Ebenezer Lathrop, to be formed of the detachments from the Second Division, and Fourteenth Division, being 1496 men.
Second Brigade, under Brigadier General Arnold Welles, to be formed of the detachments from the First Division, Fifth Division, and Sixteenth Division, being 1830 men.
WESTERN DIVISION, under Major General Joseph B. Varnum, to consist of 3145 men, officers included, to form two brigades, viz:
First Brigade, under Brigadier General William Hildrith, to be formed of the detachments from the Third Division, and Seventh Division, being 1673 men.
Second Brigade, under Brigadier General Jacob Bliss, to be formed of the detachments from the Fourth Division, Ninth Division, and Fifteenth Division, being 1472 men.
EASTERN DIVISION, under Major General George Ulmer, to consist of 3520 men, officers included, to form two Brigades, viz:
First Brigade, under Brigadier General James Irish, jun. to be formed of the detachments from the Sixth Division, Twelfth Division, Thirteenth Division, and Seventeenth Division, being 1988 men.
Second Brigade, under Brigadier General John Brewer, to be formed of the detachments from the Eighth Division, Tenth Division, and Eleventh Division, being 1532 men.
